Facts and Fears of a Pandemic

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NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.

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The Open Mind: Season 2020 - 46 Episode s

2020x1 - Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
January 3, 2020
Nicholas Buccola on his book "The Fire is Upon Us: Baldwin, Buckley, and Race in America."
2020x2 - The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism
January 6, 2020
Justin Driver of Yale Law on constitutional law and the struggle to preserve democracy.
2020x3 - Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond
January 13, 2020
Vassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.
2020x4 - Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
January 20, 2020
Robert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."
2020x5 - The Science and Necessity of Friendship
February 3, 2020
Science journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.
2020x6 - Unbecoming a Democracy
February 10, 2020
Patricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.
2020x7 - The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
February 18, 2020
Wired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.
2020x8 - Democratizing the Jury
February 24, 2020
Wesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."
2020x9 - Facts and Fears of a Pandemic
March 16, 2020
NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.
2020x10 - Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
March 23, 2020
Mother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.
2020x11 - Knowing the Enemy of Truth
March 30, 2020
Information warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.
2020x12 - The FEC is AWOL
April 6, 2020
Center for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.
2020x13 - Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated
April 13, 2020
NBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.
2020x14 - The Cult of QAnon
April 20, 2020
QAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.
2020x15 - American Demagogue
April 27, 2020
Jennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."
2020x16 - Gen Z in the Heartland
May 4, 2020
Nico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.
2020x17 - The Revolution is Online
May 11, 2020
Online News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.
2020x18 - The Alchemy of Us
May 18, 2020
Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."
2020x19 - @V2019N
May 25, 2020
Rachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.
2020x20 - Hiding in Plain Sight
June 1, 2020
Sarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.
2020x21 - The Youth Vote in 2020
June 8, 2020
UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.
2020x22 - The Pandemic’s Prophet
June 15, 2020
Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.
2020x23 - Army of the Decent
June 22, 2020
Lincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.
2020x24 - Dystopia for Realists
June 29, 2020
"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.
2020x25 - Renewing Democracy for Today
July 6, 2020
Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.
2020x26 - Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
July 13, 2020
Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.
2020x27 - American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
July 20, 2020
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.
2020x28 - America Without Law
July 27, 2020
Jack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."
2020x29 - John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
August 10, 2020
Atlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America.
2020x30 - How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
August 17, 2020
University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”
2020x31 - Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
August 24, 2020
Republican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book "It Was All a Lie."
2020x32 - Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
August 31, 2020
Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.
2020x33 - Political and Personal Accountability
September 7, 2020
Cong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book "She Will Rise" and the battle for true equality.
2020x34 - Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
September 14, 2020
Carl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."
2020x35 - Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
September 21, 2020
Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and hand-marked paper trail.
2020x36 - Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
September 28, 2020
Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.
2020x37 - Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
October 5, 2020
CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.
2020x38 - American Autocracy
October 7, 2020
U.S. democracy and authoritarianism.
2020x39 - After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
October 13, 2020
Civil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.
2020x40 - Four More Years of Social Media Failure
October 19, 2020
MIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.
2020x41 - Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020
October 26, 2020
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.
2020x42 - The Flight of Humane Poetics
November 2, 2020
Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."
2020x43 - Chinese Hegemony
November 9, 2020
CSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.
2020x44 - Our Brains on Totalitarianism
November 16, 2020
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."
2020x45 - Republicanism vs. Trumpism
November 24, 2020
Lincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.
2020x46 - The Strongman in the USA
November 30, 2020
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.

2020x1 - Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights

2020x2 - The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism

2020x3 - Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond

2020x4 - Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse

2020x5 - The Science and Necessity of Friendship

2020x6 - Unbecoming a Democracy

2020x7 - The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks

2020x8 - Democratizing the Jury

2020x9 - Facts and Fears of a Pandemic

2020x10 - Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials

2020x11 - Knowing the Enemy of Truth

2020x12 - The FEC is AWOL

2020x13 - Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated

2020x14 - The Cult of QAnon

2020x15 - American Demagogue

2020x16 - Gen Z in the Heartland

2020x17 - The Revolution is Online

2020x18 - The Alchemy of Us

2020x19 - @V2019N

2020x20 - Hiding in Plain Sight

2020x21 - The Youth Vote in 2020

2020x22 - The Pandemic’s Prophet

2020x23 - Army of the Decent

2020x24 - Dystopia for Realists

2020x25 - Renewing Democracy for Today

2020x26 - Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?

2020x27 - American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic

2020x28 - America Without Law

2020x29 - John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction

2020x30 - How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides

2020x31 - Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP

2020x32 - Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?

2020x33 - Political and Personal Accountability

2020x34 - Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine

2020x35 - Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?

2020x36 - Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine

2020x37 - Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?

2020x38 - American Autocracy

2020x39 - After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life

2020x40 - Four More Years of Social Media Failure

2020x41 - Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020

2020x42 - The Flight of Humane Poetics

2020x43 - Chinese Hegemony

2020x44 - Our Brains on Totalitarianism

2020x45 - Republicanism vs. Trumpism

2020x46 - The Strongman in the USA

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